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Morning news and notes: Tuesday 11.18.14

Selected items of news and notes from the media, our in box and other LA Observed sources. Posted some days, often in the morning.


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The California Supreme Court, which is supposed to have seven justices, has had only six for more than seven months, an interval that may be unprecedented and is at least the longest in a half century. The reason is inaction by Gov. Jerry Brown. SF Chronicle

At a restaurant not far from the Capitol on Monday night, Gov. Jerry Brown held a private reception with campaign donors who spend heavily on lobbying to influence him and the Legislature. LAT

Mayor Eric Garcetti, in China, signed a series of agreements to increase coordination between the city and Asian countries, including the streamlining of transportation of Chinese patients in need of medical care or surgical procedures, it was announced Monday. DN

manson-prison-2014.jpgCharles Manson, 80, has received a license to marry a 26-year woman, Afton Elaine Burton aka Star, who moved near the prison in Corcoran and who advocates for him on the outside. Linda Deutsch for AP | Oct. 2014 Dept. of Corrections photo

In the gay wing of LA Men's Central Jail, it's not shanks and muggings but hand-sewn gowns and tears. LA Weekly

The LA Times editorial board called on there UC Board of Regents to approve this week the plan put forth by UC President Janet Napolitano to raise tuition over five years if the state does not put more money into the university. LAT editorial

Gov. Brown appointed former Speaker John Perez to the regents before this week's possible vote. LAT, Bee

Former actress, publicist and journalist Joan Tarshis is the latest woman to accuse Bill Cosby of drugging and raping here decades ago. The Wrap

NPR's new clocks for "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" took effect on Monday. Not big changes. Current

"The Frame," KPCC's new program to cover entertainment, airs at 3:30 p.m. weekdays with John Horn as host. They did a story on the Latino record store formerly on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica owned by the parents of singer Perla Batalla. The Frame

The Los Angeles Times named digital industry executive Nicco Mele as deputy publisher, reporting to Austin Beutner. He will "will focus on content, revenue, product and audience development for all of The Times’ products and services." Mele was the author in 2013 of "The End of Big: How The Internet Makes David The New Goliath."

Beutner, by the way, will speak to Town Hall LA at lunch on Dec. 3 at the City Club.

HitFix announced the appointment of Richard Rushfield as Editor-in-Chief, effective immediately.

As we told you, Immaculate Heart Radio takes over the AM station at 930 formerly known as KHJ. KPCC

Typhoon Restaurant and owner Brian Vidor each pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sale of a marine mammal at the now-closed restaurant The Hump at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport. LAT

The Getty Museum's new Manet painting, "Spring," acquired this month, will go on public display Nov. 25.

The Metropolitan Museum in New York "Butt-Checks Kim Kardashian." HyperAllergic

Former LA journalist Jack Cheevers' book, "Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo," has won the 2014 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature. The paperback comes out Dec. 2.

The Lakers, losers in 9 of 10 games so far, with Kobe Bryant shooting and missing more, "threaten to go from bad to toxic." ESPN LA/Baxter Holmes


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